REFERENCE CODE: AkAMH

REPOSITORY NAME:
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center
Bob and Evangeline Atwood Alaska Resource Center
625 C Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: 907-929-9235
Fax: 907-929-9233
Email: resourcecenter@anchoragemuseum.org

Guide prepared by: Sara Piasecki, Archivist

TITLE: Beverly Bell Photographs

COLLECTION NUMBER: B2018.006

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Dates: circa 1899

Extent: 19 items

Language and Scripts: The collection is in English.

Name of creator(s): Beverly Bell

Administrative/Biographical History:
Beverly Bell was a railroad enthusiast and resident of California. She lived in the San Anselmo
area in the 1930s and 1940s. Nothing else was known about her at the time of processing.

Scope and Content Description:
The collection consists of 19 black-and-white gelatin silver chloride or albumen prints. Three
are not mounted on board. The images primarily depict Skagway and the White Pass & Yukon
Route. See Detailed Description of Collection for more information.

Arrangement: Loosely arranged by subject.


CONDITIONS GOVERNING ACCESS AND USE

Restrictions on Access: The collection is open for research use.

Physical Access: Original items in fair to good condition.


Technical Access: No special equipment is needed to access the materials.

Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use:
The Anchorage Museum is the owner of the materials and makes available reproductions for
research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the
Anchorage Museum before any reproduction use. The Anchorage Museum does not
necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission
for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

Preferred Citation:
Beverly Bell Photographs; Anchorage Museum, B2018.006

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Acquisition and Appraisal Information
Transferred from the Western Railway Museum in April 2018.


SUBJECTS
White Pass & Yukon Route (Firm)
Railroads—Alaska
Skagway (Alaska)

Detailed Description of the Collection
 1 — [view along side of White Pass & Yukon Route train traveling over wooden trestle bridge in winter]
2 — [view across wooden trestle bridge in winter, steam locomotive in distance]
 3 — [two men standing on top of railroad car, passengers standing on track below, tents on either side of track in distance]
4 — [White Pass & Yukon Route steam locomotive on railway turntable]
5 — [White Pass & Yukon Route cars on track leading down street, Skagway]
6 — [White Pass & Yukon Route locomotive and car on track in yard, possibly locomotive #7]
7 — [view down dock to White Pass & Yukon Route train with freight cars, Skagway]
 8 — Broadway, Skagway [street scene, railroad tracks in middle of road, signs for City Transfer Co., Canadian Pacific Navigation Co., Upper Yukon Consolidated Co., Skagway Brewing Co., Alaska Steamship Co.]
 9 — [street scene, three dogs in road, men standing on boardwalk, possibly building under construction on center lot, sign at right reading in part “The Mer[-] Ferguson”, Skagway]
 10 — [winter street scene, Canadian Bank of Commerce in center, sign at left for “Express Wood and Coal for Sale”, Skagway]
 11 — [winter street scene, snow piles outside German Bakery and Restaurant, H.A. Bauer & Co. General Merchandise, Skagway]
 12 — [group portrait of men sitting and standing, possibly in front of ship pilothouse]
 13 — [dock scene, men standing at right looking out over water, young boy walking down dock turning back to look at camera]
 14 — [man with two bicycles posed on dock, warehouses in background, pile of sacks at right in front of sign reading in part “J.H. Brooks Packer”, Skagway]
15 — [dock scene, view from dock or bridge to railroad dock in distance, warehouses and lumber in background]
 16 — [dock scene, view from dock to sailing ship at dock, Skagway]
 17 — [passenger steamship at dock, Skagway]
 18 — [view from gravel beach to riverboat under way]
 19 — [distant view of possibly Tlingit dugout canoe near shoreline, fish weir at right] Guide written: May 24, 2018